EPA, Energy Chiefs to Get Grilling from Democrats on Budgets

摘要

EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler and Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette can expect tough questions fromHouse Democrats today.1.Wheeler will appear before the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee onEnvironment and Climate Change as it considers the EPA fiscal 2021 budget request, which proposes a26.5% cut from what Congress appropriated last year. In a statement, Reps. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.),chair of the full committee, and Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.), the subcommittee’s chair, said they’ll hold Wheeleraccountable “for his agency’s failure to protect Americans from PFAS contamination, unsafe drinkingwater, climate change, and other pressing public health threats.”